The Last Summer. by Pasternak, Boris

Set in Russia during the winter of 1916, Serezha visits his married sister. Tired after a long journey, he falls into a restless sleep and half-remembers, half-dreams the incidents of the last summer of peace before the First World War 'when life appeared to pay heed to individuals'. As tutor in a wealthy, unsettled Moscow household he focuses his intense romanticism on Mrs Arild, his employer's paid companion, while spending his nights with the prostitute Sashka.

Penguin Books, 1960. Paperback. Acceptable. 1960. Revised Translation. 92 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Moderate tanning to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscription to first page. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Penguin, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. 1961. Reprinted. 92 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Book is slightly curled.

Penguin, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. Reprinted. 92 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Avon Books #G-1036, 1st printing thus, 1959. Paperback, Good/No Dust Jacket. Spine lightly creased, wrappers browning, with slight edge wear. Pages clean, tanned; no creases or tears.

avon g series, , (first PB 1959), . G-1036, very good , (ILLUSTRATED EDITION), paperback,

Paperback. Very Good.

Avon G-1036. Good with no dust jacket. 1959. Paperback. 9.10 X 7.10 X 1 inches .

Paperback. Acceptable.

London: Peter Owen, 2000. 93pp. Extremities lightly rubbed; sticker remnants bottom rear cover. Trans. by George Reavey.. Pb. VG.